A 36-year-old Shasta County man was arrested Friday after sheriff's deputies said he brandished a knife and hatchet in the Old Station area.

Deputies said they were called shortly after 11 a.m. to the Subway Caves recreational area after it was reported a man was acting irrational and waving a knife and hatchet.

That man was later identified as Steven Arthur Bautista, 36, who has had a number of encounters with law enforcement officials in the past.

Sheriff's deputies as well as a California Highway Patrol officer and a CHP helicopter that flew overhead, arrived and learned that Bautista had barricaded himself in one of the restrooms at the recreational area.

Bautista refused to leave the bathroom and the area was evacuated and a perimeter was set up around the scene, deputies said.

Deputies, who used a PA system to order Bautista to leave the restroom, said he finally did so but refused to obey their commands.

He was finally taken into custody without further incident and booked into Shasta County Jail on suspicion of brandishing a weapon and resisting or obstructing peace officers.